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“Jackpot!” My giddiness makes Sasha laugh as she watches me take shirt after shirt off the rack and throw them over my arm.
“There are so many,” Sasha exclaims while looking at all of the old t-shirts on the rack.
Gurdy must overhear us, and she comes around the corner, pushing an empty cart. “Younger lady came in to sell those the other day. She said her dad used to wear them. I tried talking her out of it, but she wanted nothing to do with them. I knew you’d love them.” She smiles and gestures to the cart with a knowing wink. “Figured you’d need this,” she smirks.
“You’re the best!” After loading what I’m sure is over thirty shirts in the cart, we make our way to the front.
“You aren’t going to try them on?” Sasha asks.
“No. They’re t-shirts, so I know they’ll be big. Plus, I cut them all over so it really doesn’t matter,” I explain.
I’m so excited to get home and put these in the washer so I can get started.
“Thank you for taking me,” Sasha says once we’re back in my car.
“Of course! Thank you for coming with me. Not many people like to buy and wear other people’s clothes, but there’s something about it that makes me feel good.”
Sasha suggests getting something for lunch before taking her back to her car, so I pull into a popular taco spot near The Castle.
The hostess guides us to a booth in the back corner. After perusing the menu, I decide on steak tacos and a strawberry margarita. I’m starving, and it’s all I can do to not call the waitress over to our table. Fortunately, she appears within minutes holding chips and salsa.
“My name’s Holly, I’ll be taking care of you today. What can I get y’all started with to drink?” the peppy young waitress asks, the twang in her voice indicating she’s from down south.
“I’ll have a strawberry margarita, please.”
Sasha’s nose crinkles as she looks at the drink menu. “I’ll have a mojito please.”
“I’ll get those right out and be back to take your food order.” The waitress smiles and nods at us before turning towards the bar. I take the opportunity to begin my interrogation of Sasha.
“Alright, I’ve given you all day. I wanna know what happened between you and my dad.”
Sasha’s face flames. “I knew this was coming.”
“Well!” I push eagerly, before realizing that I may have invited her to share more than I’m comfortable hearing. “Wait, I don’t want too many details because that’s my dad and that’s gross. But you gotta give me something!”
“I think we have a lot of chemistry,” Sasha says timidly.
“Come on, Sasha!”
“Okay, okay!” she giggles. “He kissed me at the party, then we went back to the house. After a while, he got a call and had to leave. He was gone for hours and I ended up falling asleep, but as soon as he got back home and woke me up…” Sasha's face blushes and a shiver racks through her body. “I’m not telling you what happened behind closed doors.”
“So are you going to be be my new step momma?” I tease.
“Gross! You’re only, what, maybe twelve years younger than me!” she laughs.
“So! At leastyou’renot younger thanme!”
We try to contain our laughter as our waitress approaches. Holly sets our drinks on the table with a smile. “Now what can I get y’all to eat?” she asks.
We order our food and spend the time waiting talking about the disaster that happened when delivering the cake yesterday.
The prospects that Dad had helping us with set up dropped the entire top half of the cake on the ground, destroying the whole thing. Sasha and I had to work against the clock to reconstruct and redecorate the cake. Luckily, we got done just in time for the reception and were able to sneak out as if it was never ruined in the first place.
After finishing our food, we make our way back to my house. I try to pretend that I don’t notice Ringer and Ghost’s bikes still sitting in the driveway.
We lug our bags upstairs and into my closet room before dumping the contents on the floor.
“Is it ok if I leave all of this here? I need to get home to let my dog out.” Sasha pulls herself up from her position on the floor. “Can I come by one day this week after work, and you can show me the magic?”
